Chords

F                        Am
You are the light of the world
   Bb                   C
So why is your world so grey?
F                        Am
You are the light of the world
   Bb             C
So why are you so boring?
      Bb            C
I get tired of your drab ways
    Bb        C        F
Them drab and stagnant ways, yes


You are the light of the world

So why the frozen stare?

You are the light of the world

So why the assisted daze?

In the haze of your drab ways

Them drab and stagnant ways



Dazed

Glazed

Hazed

Stalking [???] in your drab ways

The days, aren't you tired

You return to them drab ways

Aren't you tired

Them drab and stagnant ways


There's a bomb

There's a psalm

So why are we such orphans?

There's above

There are ways

But we prefer the daze

And the glaze of our drab ways

Them drab and stagnant ways

Chords (alternate version)

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Song title:       Our Drab Ways
Original Album:	  Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright © 2007 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


Intro:

[Play:  F   Gm   Am   Gm
        F   Gm   Am   Gm - C]


Verse:
F                          Am        Gm                   C
  You are the light of the world, so why is your world so grey?
F                          Am        Gm             C
  You are the light of the world, so why are you so bored?
           Bb            C          Bb                        F
Aren't you tired of your drab ways,    them drab and stagnant ways, yes


[Play:  F   Am   Gm   C]


Verse:
You are the light of the world, so why the frozen stare?
You are the light of the world, so why the assisted daze?
In the haze of your drab ways, them drab and stagnant ways


[Play:  F   %   Gm   F]


Bridge:
F      F       Gm        Bb                 F
Dazed, glazed, hazed, oh stuck in your drab ways
    Am                   Bb                C
The days, oh, aren't you tired? Aren't you tired?
      Bb           C          Bb                        F
You return to them drab ways,    them drab and stagnant ways


Verse:
There's a bomb, there's a psalm, so why are we such orphans?
There's above, there are ways but we prefer the daze
And the glaze of our drab ways, them drab and stagnant ways


[Guitar SOLO over VERSE chords]

[End on F]



Chords:
F     133211
Gm    355333
Am    577655
C     335553
Bb    113331

Lyrics

You are the light of the world
So why is your world so gray?
You are the light of the world
So why are you so boring?
I get tired of your drab ways
Them drab and stagnant ways, yes
You are the light of the world
So why the frozen stare?
You are the light of the world
So why the assisted daze?
In the haze of your drab ways
Them drab and stagnant ways

Dazed
Glazed
Hazed
Stalking [???] in your drab ways
The days, aren't you tired
You return to them drab ways
Aren't you tired
Them drab and stagnant ways

There's a balm
There's a psalm
So why are we such orphans?
There's above
There are ways
But we prefer the daze
And the glaze of our drab ways
Them drab and stagnant ways

Lyrics

We weren't rejected
We turned away
We turned our backs ourselves
We turned away away away
And now we're so hardened
Because we're stuck
In our drab ways
In our drab and stagnant way

There is a balm
There is a psalm
So why are we such orphans?
There is a balm a balm a balm
So why are we so hard? [???]
Are we stuck in our drab ways
Are we stuck
In our drab and stagnant way

Lyrics

You are the light of the world
So why is your heart so black?
You are the light of the world
So why are you so dark?
Why do you persist
In your drab ways
In your drab and stagnant ways?

We weren't rejected
We turned away
We turned our backs ourselves
We turned away away away
And now we're so hard
Well we're stuck
In our drab ways
In our drab and stagnant ways

There is a balm
There is a psalm
So why are we such orphans?
There is a balm a balm a balm
So why are we so hard
Stuck in our drab ways
In our drab and stagnant ways

There is a balm
There is a psalm
So why are we such orphans?
There is a balm a balm a balm
So why are we so hardened?
Well we persist in our drab ways
In our drab and stagnant ways

Lyrics

You are the light of the world

You are the light of the world
So why is your heart so black?
You are the light of the world
So why are you so dark?
Why do you persist in your drab ways
Persist in your drab and stagnant ways

We weren't rejected
We turned away
We turned our back ourselves
We turned away away away
That's why we're so hard
And now we're stuck in our drab ways
Stuck in our drab and stagnant ways

There is a balm
There is a psalm
So why are we such orphans?
There is a balm a balm a balm
So why are we so hard?
Stuck in our drab ways
Stuck in our drab and stagnant ways

Lyrics

We're the light of the world

[Just like this]

If we're the light of the world
So why is the world so drab?
If we're the light of the world
Then why is the world so hard?

When you persist in your drab ways
In them drab and stagnant ways

You weren't refused
You turned away
We've done this to ourselves
We turned away, away, away
We've made things this hard

And now we're stuck in our drab ways
In them drab and stagnant ways

There's a balm
There's a psalm
So why are we such orphans?
There's a balm, a balm, a balm
Why make this so hard?

But we return to them drab ways
Them drab and stagnant ways